Does each HTTP Request have "Referer:" header?

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  • mike

    Does each HTTP Request have "Referer:" header?

    regards:

    Does each HTTP Request have "Referer:" header?

    Any positive suggestion is welcome.
    thank you
    May goodness be with you all
  • Henri Sivonen

    #2
    Re: Does each HTTP Request have "Referer:& quot; header?

    In article <761727b3.05040 50650.2c05225c@ posting.google. com>,
    s917124@mail.yz u.edu.tw (mike) wrote:
    [color=blue]
    > Does each HTTP Request have "Referer:" header?[/color]

    No. Sometimes there is no useful referring URL and sometimes it is
    omitted for other reasons.

    --
    Henri Sivonen
    hsivonen@iki.fi

    Mozilla Web Author FAQ: http://mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/faq.html

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    • Nick Theodorakis

      #3
      Re: Does each HTTP Request have &quot;Referer:& quot; header?

      On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:53:01 +0300, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.f i>
      wrote:
      [color=blue]
      >In article <761727b3.05040 50650.2c05225c@ posting.google. com>,
      > s917124@mail.yz u.edu.tw (mike) wrote:
      >[color=green]
      >> Does each HTTP Request have "Referer:" header?[/color]
      >
      >No. Sometimes there is no useful referring URL and sometimes it is
      >omitted for other reasons.[/color]

      For example, in Opera (at least for some versions) the user can easily
      disable the referrer (or referer) logging.

      Nick

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      Nick Theodorakis
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      • Arne

        #4
        Re: Does each HTTP Request have &quot;Referer:& quot; header?

        Once upon a time *Nick Theodorakis* wrote:
        [color=blue]
        > On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:53:01 +0300, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.f i>
        > wrote:
        >[color=green]
        >>In article <761727b3.05040 50650.2c05225c@ posting.google. com>,
        >> s917124@mail.yz u.edu.tw (mike) wrote:
        >>[color=darkred]
        >>> Does each HTTP Request have "Referer:" header?[/color]
        >>
        >>No. Sometimes there is no useful referring URL and sometimes it is
        >>omitted for other reasons.[/color]
        >
        > For example, in Opera (at least for some versions) the user can easily
        > disable the referrer (or referer) logging.
        >[/color]

        You can do it also in Mozilla Suit and Firefox. What I wonder is, did
        many disable that and why, if they do? :)

        --
        /Arne
        *I don't reply to top posters!*

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        • Adrienne

          #5
          Re: Does each HTTP Request have &quot;Referer:& quot; header?

          Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Arne <user@domain.in valid> writing
          in news:3bg2g1F6ho 3dkU1@individua l.net:
          [color=blue]
          > Once upon a time *Nick Theodorakis* wrote:
          >[color=green]
          >> On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 17:53:01 +0300, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.f i>
          >> wrote:
          >>[color=darkred]
          >>>In article <761727b3.05040 50650.2c05225c@ posting.google. com>,
          >>>s917124@mail .yzu.edu.tw (mike) wrote:
          >>>
          >>>> Does each HTTP Request have "Referer:" header?
          >>>
          >>>No. Sometimes there is no useful referring URL and sometimes it is
          >>>omitted for other reasons.[/color]
          >>
          >> For example, in Opera (at least for some versions) the user can easily
          >> disable the referrer (or referer) logging.
          >>[/color]
          >
          > You can do it also in Mozilla Suit and Firefox. What I wonder is, did
          > many disable that and why, if they do? :)
          >[/color]

          Some firewalls can also disable it. Kerio
          <http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html> does this by default.

          People disable it because they do not want it know where they came from,
          similar to why people disable cookies, privacy reasons.

          --
          Adrienne Boswell
          Arbpen Consulting will help you harness valuable insights and translate them into tangible results by merging data and strategy.

          Please respond to the group so others can share

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          • Pierre Goiffon

            #6
            Re: Does each HTTP Request have &quot;Referer:& quot; header?

            Arne wrote:[color=blue]
            > You can do it also in Mozilla Suit and Firefox. What I wonder is, did
            > many disable that and why, if they do? :)[/color]

            I worked for a french website that was used by french users, mainly from
            their work. The referer was not sent for almost 10% of the whole 400 000
            unique visitors each months... This is a big proportion.

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